54 maps and charts. The level of detail and sophistication is pretty damn impressive for the period. (again from Radical Cartography — can you tell I’m digging through that site? Love it.)
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2 Responses to 1870 Census Maps
Jesse
March 10th, 2010 at 10:10 pm
Talk about chart porn!
Rich Mithoff
March 11th, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Love the very last chart…apparently they counted the number of idiots. Maybe we need to bring that back.